Recent reviews by MisterPJs

I do overall recommend Payday 3 as it is a fun game at it's core. However, there are a plethora of external factors that need to be tweaked. As a long time player of this franchise, I know from here things only get better. What we have here is good, but not great.

The biggest problem I have with this game is character progression. Everything kinda feels like one step forward, but also two steps back. Take for example your Infamous level, or your main profile level. The ONLY way to level up to unlock new weapons is by completing challenges. If you played Halo Infinite at launch, you understand why this is a terrible idea. Challenges wouldn't even be so bad if there was even a way to track them. The menus are, to put it bluntly, awful. You cannot view say weapon challenges (ie get X amount of kills with Y) in your inventory, you have to go through all 400+ of the combat challenges and find the name of the gun to see where you are and what you have to do. Not to mention there is ZERO indication in game for what you complete when you complete it.

On top of that, the weapon selection is limited as it is. And leveling weapons up sounds fine on paper as it removes the card aspect so everyone can earn every attachment unlike PD2, but again there is no way to tell how you earn XP. I did Road Rage on Hard by myself (which requires solo matchmaking BTW) using ONLY the revolver. Killed hundreds of cops to farm for a little bit, just to earn one measly weapon level. Are infamy challenges tied to weapon progression as well? You wouldn't know because the game doesn't tell you these things.

The heists, the 8 that are available as of this review, are all fantastic and have plenty of depth to them. Going loud and dealing with the chaos it brings, or sneaking around to steal everything without a soul knowing are both equally fulfilling. However, with this progression system being as restricting as it is it makes it hard to replay these heists over and over again because the challenges feel monotonous. If they can change this up, give the player more indication for what they need to do or what they can focus on, provide say a matchmaking focus (prefer stealth VS going loud) then you will have another game that can easily last 10 years just like what came before it. I have faith in Starbreeze to address the various concerns to make this the best game in the franchise.

TL;DR it's a good game, but with time and fixes things will be much better.

I adored this game. However, the recent implementation of predatory microtransactions thanks to Tencent can go suck a fat one. There is no defending it. You guys messed up, and I can't even look at the game anymore.

The game is aesthetically pleasing, the music choice is excellent, the sound design as a whole is fantastic, overall the game is just insanely satisfying to play. If you think it looks cool, I can assure you it is. I need to play more but I can already tell the game gets better the more you play it. Your skills sharpen, your arsenal expands, the Hotline Miami fan in me is very very happy.

If this doesn't win Game of the Year, I am going to riot.

I played for one minute and uninstalled. Easily the worst multiplayer game I have ever played. Congrats, Capcom. You made a game WORSE than Umbrella Corps.

Uninstalling works well at least.

Spawns don't work. But Uninstall does.

heeeeey, that's pretty good

This game is average at best, honestly. I didn't put TOO much time into it, but i think i have the gist of it all. Some war is going on blah blah blah, 2 factions, blah blah, blah, whatever. Not much important context there.
It's kind of hard to tell why you're doing what you're doing, but whatever.
The game's graphics aren't the best, but they get the job done well. And as far as gameplay, it's very strange. It plays like your standard FPS, but then enemies don't die after half a clip to the head, you're getting swarmed by a team that knows what their doing, but on the other side, it's not difficult. Just... bipolar i guess...?
As far as major cons, I haven't run into any of the PAY TO WIN symptoms except for the "mercs" which are supposed to be classes, i guess But the default ones aren't too bad. Just use the guy with airstrikes and Assault Rifle and you'll be fine... if you can connect. The game has AWFUL stability. At times it's great, smooth as silk. Then it just skyrockets, pretty much making a decent game unplayable.
Hopefully the game only becomes more stable in it's future. This game has potential to be something great. I only wish there was more to it. Download it, and have some fun. It's not the greatest, but it sure is fun (when it works right).

This game would be great. If I could ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ connect.